australian equities

At the start of 2019, I selected a A recession proof, property proof ASX portfolio for Livewire. An equal weighted investment in the 12 stocks would have returned...

Picture this, the week before Christmas 2018. The S&P 500 has just had the worst quarter of performance since Q3 2011. October down -6.91%, November up 1.85% and...

At school and university my favourite day was always the first day of the academic year. The first day was filled with possibilities, excitement and plans for the year...

2020. From an investment perspective, it’ll be a bit like 2019 with a little less oomph as far as equity and bond markets go. That's the key message from the recently...

Are the big Australian banks value traps? As the disparity in valuations between value and growth stocks widen, Rhett and I discuss why. The impact of technological...

The Australian equity market has generated above average returns in the last 12 months with the S&P ASX 300 Index up +20.5%. The larger capitalised stocks represented...

Over the last 18 months, we have experienced a draw-down of greater than 20% on the United States (US) equity markets, however recently they have reached a new...

Uday Cheruvu, Portfolio Manager of the Australian Companies Fund, says he has sold out of Australian banks as they are coming under a quadruple threat from capital,...

It’s often said that’s its darkest before the dawn and that certainly applies to markets. Only a few weeks ago bond yields were hitting record lows and the equity...

This month marks the 25th anniversary of CSL (CSL) as a listed company on the ASX. In fitting fashion, shares in Australia's highest quality global success story...

Brief recap of what has transpired across the Australian share market since January: upon an initially tepid recovery from deeply oversold levels, equity markets put...

On the micro-level, a failed or splendid financial performance release can have a noticeable impact on a company's share price up to three months down the track.On the...

As recently as two months ago, pundits and talking heads of the financial world were wondering: is it different this time? The global economy was performing strongly,...

Macro uncertainty is now the key driver of markets and the United States, for the first time in many decades, is now a "net exporter" of political and economic...

In the following video, I sat down with Andrew Grimes to break down the many-facets of the Australian healthcare sector, while also providing a snapshot of where...

Are equities currently expensive and is now a good time to invest? We have been asked this question often by investors who are searching for a return above cash,...

Something has gone amiss with my messaging to investors, maybe? At the recent National Conference organised by the Australian Investors Association (AIA), I showed a...

NAB shares reached 11-month highs after the appointment of Ross McEwan as CEO to start by April 2020. Formerly head of Commonwealth Bank’s retail bank, Ross left...

In the second part of our Q&A, Tony Cousins, Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer at Pyrford International, discusses some Aussie stocks that tick all of his...

The year was 1999. Keanu was stuck in a matrix, the Backstreet Boys "wanted it that way" and, as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince had so eloquently predicted...